Bad Girls and Sick Boys: Fantasies in Contemporary Art and Culture
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Linda S. Kauffman turns the pornography debate on its head with this audacious analysis of recent taboo-shattering fiction, film, and performance art. Investigating the role of fantasy in art, politics, and popular culture, she shows how technological advances in medicine and science (magnetic resonance imaging, computers, and telecommunications) have profoundly altered our concepts of the human body. Cyberspace is producing new forms of identity...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520210328
ISBN13:9780520210325
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:324 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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An open-minded summary of a controversial topic.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Linda Kauffman's book would shock an academic or one who reads for pleasurer during a quick browse. But upon closer examination, one finds that Kauffman's research presents a solid argument for the anti-censorship stance in the most reliable way possible--through undeniable facts. This books allows radical feminists to be seen in a different light, one that has been shadowed by hypocrisy for too many years.
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